The Candle Club

What's in the box: Each month brings one new hand-poured candle refill in a surprise fragrance, made to drop into the handmade glass jar that came with your first order.

The Candle Club is a UK candle subscription built around one idea: buy a handmade Italian glass jar once, then refill it with a new candle each month. You choose a jar colour, your first candle arrives already poured into it, and after that a surprise fragrance comes through your letterbox as a refill that you pop into the same jar. The site says candles are hand-poured in the UK using natural sustainable wax, and the jar is described as refillable for life. After the first candle, the subscription is listed at £15 plus postage per month, and the site says you can pause, skip or cancel. The refill model is the main draw. It cuts down on the pile of empty jars that most candle subscriptions leave behind, and the coloured glass gives the service a distinct look. There is also a fragrance quiz with families ranging from warm and cosy to floral and fresh, which suggests some steering over scent choice, though the homepage frames each month as a surprise. The site does not name the specific wax, burn time or candle size, so it is hard to judge value against buying candles outright. The store also showed US dollars when we visited, so overseas shoppers should check delivery before signing up.